From a teaching by the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, “Compassion NOW!” exhorts us to translate compassionate feeling into positive action in the world. We accomplish this through the mahayana practice of mind training, which the Karmapa discusses here with great clarity and insight.
Compassion NOW!
The 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, Ogyen Trinley Dorje, from the “Compassion Teachings,” Delhi, India, 2010, translated by Yeshe Gyamtso
July 2011
ISBN: 978-1-934608-21-0
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5.5 x 8.5 in. 98 pages
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Compassion is the root of all Buddhist practices, but too often compassionate feeling is left inactive. Compassion NOW! exhorts us to translate compassionate feeling into positive action in the world. From a teaching given in India in 2010, the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa asserts that having compassion for oneself is a necessary starting point. From there we can expand compassion to include those beings with whom we have a close connection, and from there expand it even further to develop immeasurable compassion for all sentient beings. We accomplish this through the mahayana practice of mind training, which the Karmapa discusses here with great clarity and insight. An overview of the vajrayana method of meditation on Chenrezik, the bodhisattva of compassion, is also included.